A review of “Jennie’s Tiger” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
Eva Gayle Six is an American author of historical fiction that few have heard of. Her novel, Jennie’s Tiger: A woman’s pioneering stand in an untamed corner of Washington state, is based on the life of Jennie Wooding, born in the 1860s, who left behind 166 pages of notes about her life. With help from the archives of the local newspaper, The Miner, the socialist newspaper, The Appeal to Reason, Wooding’s descendants, and a handful of photographs, Six pieced together the story of a local legend, and then wrote this beautiful, powerful novel, which she self-published in 2011. A wonderful discovery.
Work Cited:
Six, Eva Gayle. Jennie’s Tiger: A woman’s pioneering stand in an untamed corner of Washington State. Xlibris, 2011, p. 300.